Article
Environmental Sciences
Ahmed Elaksher, Tarig Ali, Abdullatif Alharthy
Summary: Airborne laser scanning sensors can collect a large number of 3D topographic points quickly, providing high-resolution depictions of complex objects. This research presents a detailed evaluation of LIDAR system and quantifies the quality of LIDAR data, an aspect often overlooked in published studies. Field surveying is used to evaluate the planimetric and height accuracy of the LIDAR data. The average elevation discrepancy is 0.12 m, and the RMSE of horizontal offsets is approximately 0.50 m. The height discrepancies have both random short-period variations and biases from the geo-positioning system.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yixi Xia, Nobuyoshi Yabuki, Tomohiro Fukuda
Summary: A method was developed in this research to measure street-level sky view factor using street view images, producing SVFf maps for design purposes. The reliability and efficiency of this method in estimating SVF values were proven through comparison with previous research, showing potential for comprehensive evaluation of urban thermal environments and targeted urban planning measures to mitigate the urban heat island effect.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kamila Klimek, Magdalena Kaplan, Volodymyr Halchak, Serhiy Korobka, Serhiy Syrotyuk, Ryszard Konieczny, Gabriel Filipczak, Barbara Dybek, Grzegorz Walowski
Summary: This paper examines the issue of solar irradiation on the tracking surface of a solar tracker and proposes a new method to maximize the energy of the solar rays. The study concludes that seasonal dependencies are important for assessing the energy efficiency of the tracking surface.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Ismail Elkhrachy
Summary: This study aimed to produce accurate geospatial 3D data from UAV images. The solution generated met the 2015 ASPRS accuracy standards, with horizontal RMSE values of 4-6 cm and vertical accuracy of 5-6 cm, which were twice and three times the Ground Sample Distance (GSD), respectively.
ALEXANDRIA ENGINEERING JOURNAL
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Wenhao Li, Fei Li, C. K. Shum, Chanfang Shu, Feng Ming, Shengkai Zhang, Qingchuan Zhang, Wei Chen
Summary: This study uses independent component analysis to remove common mode errors and determine the optimal noise model for GPS data in Antarctica. The results show that all GIA forward models underestimate GPS-observed velocities, and the GPS vertical velocities are larger on the North Antarctic Peninsula compared to the South Antarctic Peninsula.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Zhenyi Zhang, Yidong Lou, Weixing Zhang, Hua Wang, Yaozong Zhou, Jingna Bai
Summary: The study focused on the fusion of Numerical Weather Models (NWMs) and GPS for tropospheric error correction in InSAR applications. Results showed that the merged NWMs products had a significant advantage in correcting tropospheric errors, especially in reducing turbulence, compared to other products.
Article
Remote Sensing
Lucas A. Salles, Alison Moraes, Bruno Vani, Jonas Sousasantos, Bruno J. Affonso, Joao F. Galera Monico
Summary: This study examines the deep power fades caused by ionospheric plasma bubbles, analyzing high-rate monitoring data collected at four different locations in Brazil. The results show that as S-4 values increase, the number of -15 dB fading occurrences increases for all frequency bands and stations. Statistical analysis reveals probabilities of 1.61%, 2.87%, and 3.97% for fading events deeper than -15 dB for L1, L2C, and L5 at Presidente Prudente, respectively.
Article
Economics
Ragnhild Dahl Wikstr
Summary: Mapping daily mobile experiences can challenge the mainstream narratives in transport planning and provide alternative perspectives on mobility. This approach can generate valuable knowledge for planners and policymakers to facilitate low-carbon mobility transitions. The combination of user-generated GPS tracks, geolocated photos, and map elicitation in interviews offers a bottom-up mapping tool that actively involves participants in analyzing and producing mobile knowledge.
JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY
(2023)
Article
Soil Science
Ahmed S. Abuzaid, Abdelatif D. Abdelatif
Summary: This study integrated the erosion quality index (EQI) with the Mediterranean Desertification and Land Use (MEDALUS) method, along with factor analysis, to define spatial patterns of environmentally sensitive areas (ESAs) to desertification. The model was applied in the north Nile Delta of Egypt, showing 72% of the total area classified as critical-sensitive to desertification. Weighted indices based on factor analysis improved model accuracy compared to equal weight indices used in the MEDALUS model, demonstrating the importance of proper weighting in defining ESAs.
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Rizki A. Mangkuto, Beta Paramita
Summary: This study proposes a method to calculate the greenery-sky-view factor (GSVF) and determines the optimum input variables leading to the largest GSVF through computations of 10,000 random combinations. Recommendations for design practice are provided based on the computation results.
ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING AND DESIGN MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Xinhua Chen, Hongmei Zhang, Jianhu Zhao, Wenbiao Liang, Jie Feng
Summary: The study proposes two positioning methods utilizing an iteration to obtain accurate incident angle and coordinates of an underwater transponder. The proposed algorithms are verified through simulated and practical experiments, achieving significantly improved positioning accuracy compared to the ordinary sailing-circle method.
EARTH AND SPACE SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ashutosh Srivastava
Summary: This study compared the accuracy of GPS PWV estimates at two IGS stations in India using different datasets, with NWP models showing strong correlation with AWS observations in terms of temperature and pressure values. The PWV values derived from different datasets were found to be close to AWS PWV values in this region.
GEOCARTO INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Junsik Kim, Dong-Kun Lee, Robert D. Brown, Saehoon Kim, Jun-Hyun Kim, Sunyong Sung
Summary: This study explores the relationship between sky view factor (SVF) and land surface temperature (LST) for urban residential areas. The findings show that the impact of housing density on LST is influenced by SVF. Low-rise detached housing tends to have higher LST due to more direct solar radiation, while in areas surrounded by high-rise high-density apartments, low-rise housing has lower LST due to anthropogenic heat, poor ventilation, lack of green infrastructure, and decreased radiation.
SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND SOCIETY
(2022)
Article
Construction & Building Technology
Juejun Ge, Yupeng Wang, Hashem Akbari, Dian Zhou
Summary: Integrated implementation of spatial and climate information is important for urban thermal environmental optimization. Sky view factor (SVF) is a widely used index to study the relationship between geometrical parameters and microclimate characteristics. We conducted simulations in high-rise street canyons of Xi'an in winter to study the influence of SVF on microclimate. The statistical regression and physical model regression methods were used to establish the correlation between SVF and ground surface temperature (GST). The results showed a negative correlation between SVF and nighttime GST and a positive correlation between SVF and daytime GST. The physical model regression showed that an increase in SVF caused a decrease in daytime GST.
BUILDING AND ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Geography
Zihan Kan, Mei-Po Kwan, Jianwei Huang, Jiannan Cai, Dong Liu
Summary: This study examines the impacts of sociodemographic factors, individual mobility patterns, and daily activities on individual exposure to COVID-19 risk when assessed by different risk measures. The study reveals the spatial differences in COVID-19 transmission risk and highlights the importance of considering individual mobility patterns in understanding disease exposure. The research contributes to the current literature by addressing the uncertain geographic context problem and exploring COVID-19 risk exposure.
ANNALS OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Samuel Fuhrimann, Iris Van den Brenk, Aggrey Atuhaire, Ruth Mubeezi, Philipp Staudacher, Anke Huss, Hans Kromhout
Summary: The study revealed an increased risk of sleep problems among smallholder farmers in Uganda in a pesticide exposure-dependent manner, particularly higher risk for female pesticide applicators. Further gender-stratified and longitudinal investigations are needed to confirm these findings.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Susan Peters, Danielle Vienneau, Alexia Sampri, Michelle C. Turner, Gemma Castano-Vinyals, Merete Bugge, Roel Vermeulen
Summary: OMEGA-NET aims to optimize the use of European occupational cohorts for aetiological research. An online inventory has been set up to collect meta-data on exposure assessment tools, providing support for researchers to find available tools for assessing occupational exposures in their cohorts.
ANNALS OF WORK EXPOSURES AND HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Grace Xia Chen, J. Douwes, Leonard van den Berg, Neil Pearce, Hans Kromhout, Bill Glass, David J. McLean, Andrea Martine 't Mannetje
Summary: This study adds to the evidence that pesticides, especially insecticides, fungicides, and fumigants, are risk factors for MND.
OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Oncology
Thomas Behrens, Calvin Ge, Roel Vermeulen, Benjamin Kendzia, Ann Olsson, Joachim Schuez, Hans Kromhout, Beate Pesch, Susan Peters, Luetzen Portengen, Per Gustavsson, Dario Mirabelli, Pascal Guenel, Daniele Luce, Dario Consonni, Neil E. Caporaso, Maria Teresa Landi, John K. Field, Stefan Karrasch, Heinz-Erich Wichmann, Jack Siemiatycki, Marie-Elise Parent, Lorenzo Richiardi, Lorenzo Simonato, Karl-Heinz Joeckel, Wolfgang Ahrens, Hermann Pohlabeln, Guillermo Fernandez-Tardon, David Zaridze, John R. McLaughlin, Paul A. Demers, Beata Swiatkowska, Jolanta Lissowska, Tamas Pandics, Eleonora Fabianova, Dana Mates, Vladimir Bencko, Lenka Foretova, Vladimir Janout, Paolo Boffetta, Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Francesco Forastiere, Kurt Straif, Thomas Bruening
Summary: Limited evidence exists regarding the exposure-effect relationship between lung-cancer risk and hexavalent chromium (Cr(VI)) or nickel. This study found that occupational exposure to Cr(VI) and nickel was associated with lung-cancer risks, particularly in men. In men, the highest quartile of cumulative exposure to CR(VI) and nickel were both significantly associated with increased odds ratios for lung cancer.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hilde Ridderseth, Dagrun Slettebo Daltveit, Bjorg Eli Hollund, Jorunn Kirkeleit, Hans Kromhout, Kirsti Kruger, Kari Aasbo, Magne Bratveit
Summary: This study aimed to assess short-term benzene exposure from common work tasks on offshore installations in Norway and identify determinants of exposure. The highest exposure was observed during pipeline inspection gauge (PIG) operation, and task-based benzene exposure declined annually from 2002 to 2018.
ANNALS OF WORK EXPOSURES AND HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Pauline Kiss, Myrna M. T. de Rooij, Gerard H. Koppelman, Jolanda Boer, Judith M. Vonk, Roel Vermeulen, Lenny Hogerwerf, Hendrika A. M. Sterk, Anke Huss, Lidwien A. M. Smit, Ulrike Gehring
Summary: This study found that adolescents living closer to livestock farms had lower lung function compared to those living farther away. There is an association between closer proximity to farms and poorer lung function.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hicham Zilaout, Remko Houba, Hans Kromhout
Summary: This study examines long-term trends in the variability of occupational exposure, specifically respirable dust and respirable quartz concentrations within the European industrial minerals sector. The European Industrial Minerals Association's Dust Monitoring Program (IMA-DMP) collected approximately 40,000 personal full-shift measurements since 2000. The study found that day-to-day variability played a major role, with within-worker variability higher for respirable quartz than for respirable dust. Meanwhile, between-worker variability decreased over time, but within-worker variability showed downward and upward temporal trends for both respirable dust and respirable quartz concentrations.
ANNALS OF WORK EXPOSURES AND HEALTH
(2023)
News Item
Oncology
Russell C. Cattley, Hans Kromhout, Meng Sun, Erik J. Tokar, Mohamed A-E Abdallah, Alison K. Bauer, Kendra R. Broadwater, Laura Campo, Emanuela Corsini, Keith A. Houck, Gaku Ichihara, Michiharu Matsumoto, Simone Morais, Jaroslav Mraz, Tetsuo Nomiyama, Kristen Ryan, Huizhong Shen, Takeshi Toyoda, Kirsi Vahakangas, Marianna G. Yakubovskaya, Il Je Yu, Nathan L. DeBono, Aline de Conti, Fatiha El Ghissassi, Federica Madia, Heidi Mattock, Elisa Pasqual, Eero Suonio, Roland Wedekind, Lamia Benbrahim-Tallaa, Mary K. Schubauer-Berigan
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ioannis Basinas, Tuula Liukkonen, Torben Sigsgaard, Nils T. Andersen, Jesper M. Vestergaard, Karen S. Galea, Martie van Tongeren, Ruth Wiggans, Barbara Savary, Wijnand Eduard, Henrik A. Kolstad, Anne Vested, Hans Kromhout, Vivi Schluenssen
Summary: The study aimed to develop a multinational Job Exposure Matrix (JEM) for wood dust exposure in Northern and Central European countries. The results showed an annual decline of approximately 8% in wood dust exposure and significant differences in exposure levels between countries, with the highest levels in the United Kingdom. The jobs with the highest predicted exposure were floor layers and tile setters, wood-products machine operators, and building construction labourers.
ANNALS OF WORK EXPOSURES AND HEALTH
(2023)
Letter
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Keneth Masis-Leandro, Hans Kromhout, Berna van Wendel de Joode
ANNALS OF WORK EXPOSURES AND HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Respiratory System
Johanna Feary, Valentina Quintero-Santofimio, James Potts, Roel Vermeulen, Hans Kromhout, Ben Knox-Brown, Andre F. S. Amaral
Summary: This study examined the association between small airways obstruction (SAO) and occupational exposures using data from the UK Biobank. The results showed a relationship between SAO and occupational exposures.
Article
Oncology
Joanne Kim, Maria E. Leon, Leah H. Schinasi, Isabelle Baldi, Pierre Lebailly, Laura E. Beane Freeman, Karl-Christian Nordby, Gilles Ferro, Alain Monnereau, Maartje Brouwer, Kristina Kjaerheim, Jonathan N. Hofmann, Kurt Straif, Hans Kromhout, Joachim Schuz, Kayo Togawa
Summary: This study aimed to examine the association between pesticide use and Hodgkin lymphoma. The results from the analysis of data from three agricultural cohorts showed no significant association between any of the active ingredients or chemical groups studied and Hodgkin lymphoma incidence.
CANCER CAUSES & CONTROL
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Mariana Simoes, Roel Vermeulen, Luetzen Portengen, Nicole Janssen, Anke Huss
Summary: This study found that maternal residential exposure to certain pesticides, such as fluroxypyr-meptyl, linuron, glufosinate-ammonium, vinclozolin, and picoxystrobin, in rural areas of the Netherlands is associated with adverse birth outcomes, including longer gestational age, lower birth weight, and higher risk of being large for gestational age.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Maxime Turuban, Hans Kromhout, Javier Vila, Miquel Vallbona-Vistos, Isabelle Baldi, Michelle C. Turner
Summary: Personal RF-EMF measurements were conducted among workers in various occupations in Spain and France. Overall, RF-EMF exposure exceeding 1% of the ICNIRP standards was infrequent, although intermittent exposures exceeding 100% were observed among workers in some occupations.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Daniella van de Langenberg, Jelle Vlaanderen, Nina Berentzen, Hans Kromhout, Roel Vermeulen
Summary: Night-shift work is associated with an increased risk of using sleep medication and melatonin, but not with suboptimal sleep duration and quality.
ANNALS OF WORK EXPOSURES AND HEALTH
(2023)